Dirigible headlight



W. M., 0. B. AND N. S. LAWRENCE. I

DIRJGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.9,1919.

Patented June 7 1921.

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DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.9. 1919.

i fifi' Patented June 7, 1921.

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is! de i o WALTFE; EEBQQUEBQUS LA'WHIEHGE, QExUfiR BLEDSQE LAWRENCE, AND NEALY EIAXIVREZQ'GE, G32 llfifililimli'fi'hifl ifi-giplics'cios liicccmhec 3,

of Jefierson and fissile of Llehsme, have invented certain new and. useful improve frame of a motor vehicle provided with the headlights;

merits in Dirigible Hemilighizs, of which the following is a specificoiion.

Our invention is an improvemeni; in disigible headlights, and the invention has for its objeci; to provide headlights of the char. acter specified especially sslsptecl for use in motor vehicles, wherein the headlights are connected wish the steering mechanism, to constrain the rays of light to turn with the vehicle, and a special object of the in .vention is to provide supporting mechanism for the reflectors indepemleni; of ishe supporting mechanism for the lamps, for mitting the reflectors to be turned wifhoui; aifecting-the lamps.

, A further object of the invention is to provide mechanism :iorpermitiing she staachment 'to he applied so cars oi iiiei'ent size and for providing resiliency between the lights and the steering mechanism, to girevent breakage or injury from shock or A furtherohject of "the invention is to provide means for connecting the lamps to the vehicle in such manner that they may be adjusted vertically with respect to the vehicle.

In the (lrawings:

Figure 1 is epz'iri-isl top plan view of: the,

Fig. 2 is a front view; 7 Fig. 3 is a partial side view; Fig. 4 is a perspective view port for the reflector;

Fig. 5 is a similar View of she connection between the controlling arms of the. headlights; I

Fig. 6 is a pessoective view of the connection between the steering'imuckles;

Fig. 7 is a perspeciive view of the connection between the elements shown in Fi 5 and the reflector supporting pos ts; %ig. 8 is a similar view of the connection the elements shown in 5 oi the sup-Q between and 6. 4

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with the frame 1 y A. .5. T m. sciences Z,

' lo the refiecsotrs eml casings 9 sghis being supported by oil- .e, whose lody i is connecteii o she 21 end. of :1 post shaft v This ose or she-ha is journalecl is s or-sch plots 6 which is connected so she frame is s manner to he presehtl (issci'ihecl, and she said plate has lateral y ezriendiog legs 7 es iis ends, which are psoviiiecl Wiiih openings in which the post, is moonce. It will he noticed, referring to Fig. 4%, that the 0st has an annular rih 8 near the yoke 4 E) movement ofizhe post with respect to, the bracket, enfi that the arms 3 of the yoke are curved and are arranged with their limiting iahe downward convex edges forward, as shown, for 1a pnrpose to he presently'described. These arms are pivoted to the casin '2, as shown, and' ihelight' or lamp (not 5 own) .is arranged within the-reflector. 1

'lI'he lemp' (not shown) is connected with on arm 9 consisting of two laterally offset portions, onev of which carries the lamp arid the o 'aherof which is rigidly connected with s'loierel extension 10 from the upper, log- 7 of the bracket slate-6. This end of she arm 9 is passed through the extensifbn sod is engaged by loci: nuts 11 above and below the extension. The arm 9 is hollow, the lead wires 1270f the electric ciircuitpsw upwardly through the hollow arm to the lamps his arm extends through the re.

A link 13, shown more psroiculerly, in F 1g" 7, is secured to the lower end' of each "fiectorcasing 2 'at the hotlionciv thereof, w.

the V swinging movement-of the reflector w thous interfeie ce on the per-i; of thesrm'ilg post, and each link consists oftfw'o portions oilsei; laterally with'respeci to eech other,

as showh, and one of ihe ssicl portions has e fork, whose arms v14L extondihrough openings in block 15 whichis mounted. to move vertically on the lower enclof the post and is held in adjusted position in any suitable oi" desii'ed manner, as, for instance, by s set screw 16. The opposite end 'o'fieach link has vertically spaced ears 1'? which engage between them the end of s connecting 'rotl consisting of a central tubular section 18 and lsceral'seciions 19, which engage within the ends of the central section and. are

- between the ears 1?.

adjustahly connected thereto by set screws 20. These set screws are threaded through cuffs 21 rigid with the ends of the central section and the ends of the lateral sections 19 are flattened, as shown in Fig. 5, to fit This rod 18-49 connects the links 13 of the two lamps, constraining them to swing ogether, and the plate is connected to the pindle connecting rod 22, by means of the si -shaped plate 2%24 shown in Fig. 8, the reference character 23 designating the body oi the )late and the character the arms.

12. substantially U-shaped clip 25 is connectcd with the upper 308 011 the central section 18 of the rod 18 -19 at its center, and the body of the clip and the plate have registering openings for receiving bolts 26 which connect the arms of the Y-shaped plate to the rod l8--l9. The bolts are engaged by nuts 27 below the connecting rod. The ends of the fork arms are received between the clip 25 and the body of the section 18, and it will be noticed that the distance between the body of the clip and the central] section is greater than the thickness of the yoke arms, so that the said arms may move vertically within limits between the clip and the connecting rod.

The rear end of the plate 23--2l is adjustably connected with the spindle connecting rod. 22 before mentioned by means of the clamp shown more particularly in 6. This clamp consists of a lower section 28 and an upper section 29, which are connected together by bolts and nuts in such manner that they maybe secured tightly together on the body of the plate body to move transversely of the rod 22. The upper section 29 is grooved to receiv the plate body as shown, and the lower section is connected to the rod by means of clips 31. T he said lower section isgrooved transversely to receive the rod, and the clips firmly connect the clamp to the rod. :liieferring to Fig. 8, it will be seen that the plate gradually decreases in thickness from its rear to its front end, time providing resiliency so that the shock and jar on the wheels is not transmitted to the operating mechanism for the lamp. By oosening the nuts ot the bolts 30 the plate 23 may be adjusted transversely of the rod 22 to permit the attachment to be applied to vehicles of various sizes.

The bracket plates 67 are vertically adj ustablc on the frame lot the vcl'iicle. Each oi? these plates has its body portion provided with vertically extending slots 32 and these slots are engaged by bolts 32 which connect the plates to the frame. Clamping plates fshaped plate 23 or loosened to permit said connecting the'headlights for constraining them to swing together, of a plate for connet-ting said rod with the spindle connecting rod, said plate having one endconnectcd to the rod and arranged to move vertically with respect thereto within limits, a sliding connection between, the other end of the plate and the spindle connecting rod, and means for clamping the plate to the said spindle connecting rod, said sliding connection comprising clamping sections, one of said sections being secured to the spindle connecting rod, and means for clamping the other section to the first named section.

2:111 a motor vehicle, the combination with the swinging head lights, the rod c011 'necting-the lights for constraining them to swing together, and the spindle connecting the rod, of a plate for connecting saidrod and the spindle connecting rod, said plate being if-shaped and having its body connected with the spindle connecting rod to slide transversely of said rod and to be adjustable longitudinally of the rod, the arms being connected with the first named rod to move vertically with respect thereto Within limits,.said connection comprising a second plate secured to the rod at its ends "and spaced above the rod interl'nediate' its ends a distance greater than the thickness of the first named plate, bolts passing through the rod and the last namedplate and through the arms of the first named plate.

3. In a motor vehicle, the combination with the swinging headlights. the rod conmeeting the lights for constraining them to swing, together, and th spindle coi'inccting rod, of a plate for connecting said rod and the spindle connecting rod, said plate being Y-shaped and having its body connected with the spindle connecting rod to slide transversely of said rod and to be adjustable longitudinally of the rod, the arms being connected with the first named rod to move vertically with respect thereto within limits. 

